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But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/50.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/50.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/50.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />These <i>things</i> hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether <i>such an one</i> as thyself: <i>but</i> I will reprove thee, and set <i>them</i> in order before thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/50.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />These <i>things</i> you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; <i>But</i> I will rebuke you, And set <i>them</i> in order before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“These things you have done <i>and</i> I kept silent; You thought that I was <i>just</i> like you; I will rebuke you and present <i>the case</i> before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/50.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“These things you have done, and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you, and state <i>the case</i> in order before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state <i>the case</i> in order before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you. Now I will reprimand <i>and</i> denounce you and state <i>the case</i> in order before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/50.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When you did all this, I didn't say a word, and you thought, "God is just like us!" But now I will accuse you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/50.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When you did these things, I remained silent. [That] made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/50.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You have done all this, and I have said nothing, so you thought that I am like you. But now I reprimand you and make the matter plain to you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/50.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/50.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/50.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />These you did, and I kept silent, "" You have thought that I am like you, "" I reprove you, and set in array before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />These things thou didst and I was silent; thou thoughtest, being, I shall be like to thee: I will reprove thee, and I will set it in order before thine eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />these things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 49:21>These things you have done, and I was silent. You thought, unjustly, that I ought to be like you. But I will reprove you, and I will set myself against your face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/50.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When you do these things should I be silent? Do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay out the matter before your eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one just like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />All of these things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was wicked like you; but I will reprove you, and correct these sins before your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have done all these things and I have been silent to you; you had hoped that I would be evil like you, but I shall rebuke you and I shall set them in order before your eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; But I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee, <i>but</i> I will reprove thee, and set <i>thine offences</i> before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/50-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=5995" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/50.htm">The Mighty One Calls</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śî·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">You have done</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these things,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790: wə·he·ḥĕ·raš·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To cut in, engrave, plow, devise.">and I kept silent;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1819.htm" title="1819: dim·mî·ṯā (V-Piel-Perf-2ms) -- To be like, resemble. A primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider.">you thought</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hĕ·yō·wṯ- (V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">I was</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ’eh·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: ḵā·mō·w·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so.">just like you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3198.htm" title="3198: ’ō·w·ḵî·ḥă·ḵā (V-Hifil-Imperf.h-1cs:: 2ms) -- To decide, adjudge, prove. A primitive root; to be right; reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.">But now I rebuke you</a> <a href="/hebrew/6186.htm" title="6186: wə·’e·‘er·ḵāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To set in a, row, arrange, put in order. A primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. Arrange, put in order.">and accuse you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cdc:: 2ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">to your face.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-11.htm">Isaiah 57:11</a></span><br />Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:11</a></span><br />When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Malachi 3:15</a></span><br />So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13-14</a></span><br />Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness? / Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-11</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-14.htm">Isaiah 42:14</a></span><br />“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12</a></span><br />For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41-46</a></span><br />Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. / For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, / I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after Me.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Ezekiel 8:12</a></span><br />“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-45.htm">Luke 12:45-46</a></span><br />But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk. / The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such an one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.</p><p class="hdg">I kept</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Psalm 50:3</a></b></br> Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-1.htm">Psalm 109:1-3</a></b></br> To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:11,12</a></b></br> Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil… </p><p class="hdg">thoughest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-11.htm">Psalm 73:11</a></b></br> And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/94-7.htm">Psalm 94:7-11</a></b></br> Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard <i>it</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Numbers 23:19</a></b></br> God <i>is</i> not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do <i>it</i>? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/3-14.htm">Exodus 3:14</a></b></br> And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.</p><p class="hdg">will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8</a></b></br> I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, <i>to have been</i> continually before me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/29-1.htm">Proverbs 29:1</a></b></br> He, that being often reproved hardeneth <i>his</i> neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/3-19.htm">Revelation 3:19</a></b></br> As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.</p><p class="hdg">set</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-8.htm">Psalm 90:8</a></b></br> Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret <i>sins</i> in the light of thy countenance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:14</a></b></br> For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether <i>it be</i> good, or whether <i>it be</i> evil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/8-7.htm">Amos 8:7</a></b></br> The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/38-20.htm">Accuse</a> <a href="/psalms/40-14.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/psalms/43-1.htm">Case</a> <a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/38-10.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/31-3.htm">Front</a> <a href="/psalms/50-18.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/psalms/44-17.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/21-8.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/psalms/40-5.htm">Order</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-27.htm">Protest</a> <a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/job/32-1.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">State</a> <a href="/psalms/49-11.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/psalms/49-18.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/103-9.htm">Accuse</a> <a href="/psalms/53-3.htm">Altogether</a> <a href="/psalms/144-15.htm">Case</a> <a href="/psalms/50-23.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/51-4.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/68-25.htm">Front</a> <a href="/psalms/60-10.htm">Hadst</a> <a href="/psalms/55-12.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/66-11.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/psalms/110-4.htm">Order</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-30.htm">Protest</a> <a href="/psalms/68-30.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/psalms/94-10.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/psalms/73-16.htm">Seemed</a> <a href="/psalms/58-1.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/psalms/56-1.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-23.htm">State</a> <a href="/psalms/55-2.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Thyself</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 50</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-1.htm">The majesty of God in the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">His order to gather his saints</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-7.htm">The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-14.htm">but in sincerity of obedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of <a href="/psalms/50.htm">Psalm 50</a>, God is addressing the Israelites, who have engaged in sinful behaviors without immediate divine intervention. This silence is not approval but a period of grace, allowing for repentance. Theologically, this aligns with <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a>, which speaks of God's kindness leading to repentance. Historically, Israel often misunderstood God's patience as indifference, as seen in the periods of the Judges and Kings, where cycles of sin and deliverance occurred.<p><b>you thought I was just like you.</b><br>Here, God addresses a common misconception among the Israelites: that God shares human limitations and moral standards. This anthropomorphism is a recurring theme in Scripture, where humans project their attributes onto God. <a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a> emphasizes that God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours. Culturally, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern tendency to create gods in human likeness, contrasting with the biblical revelation of a transcendent God.<p><b>But now I rebuke you</b><br>God's rebuke signifies a turning point, where divine silence ends, and accountability begins. This rebuke is a form of divine discipline, intended to correct and restore. <a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-6</a> speaks of God's discipline as an expression of His love. In the prophetic tradition, rebuke often precedes judgment, as seen in the ministries of prophets like Jeremiah and Amos, who called Israel to repentance before impending judgment.<p><b>and accuse you to your face.</b><br>This direct confrontation underscores the seriousness of the situation. In biblical law, direct accusation was a legal procedure, ensuring justice and truth. This phrase indicates that God will not tolerate sin indefinitely and will hold individuals accountable. The face-to-face aspect recalls the personal nature of God's relationship with His people, reminiscent of Moses' encounters with God (<a href="/exodus/33-11.htm">Exodus 33:11</a>). It also foreshadows the final judgment, where all will stand before God (<a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11-15</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, addressing the people of Israel. He is portrayed as a righteous judge who observes the actions of His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of this Psalm, representing God's chosen people who are being admonished for their misconceptions and sinful behaviors.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>The attributed author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/50.htm">Psalm 50</a>, a Levite and one of David's chief musicians, who conveys God's message to the people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/z/zion.htm">Zion</a></b><br>Mentioned earlier in the Psalm as the place from which God shines forth, symbolizing His presence and authority.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Those among the people who have misunderstood God's nature and presumed upon His silence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_silence_is_not_approval.htm">God's Silence is Not Approval</a></b><br>God's silence should not be mistaken for indifference or approval of sin. His patience is an opportunity for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_nature.htm">Understanding God's Nature</a></b><br>We must not project our human limitations onto God. His ways and thoughts are higher than ours, and He is just and righteous.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>Recognize the need for repentance when confronted with sin. God's rebuke is an invitation to return to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God will ultimately hold everyone accountable. His judgment is fair and based on His perfect knowledge of our actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_with_integrity.htm">Living with Integrity</a></b><br>Live with integrity, knowing that God sees all. Our actions should reflect our understanding of His holiness and justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 50</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_god_silent_in_psalm_50_21.htm">In Psalm 50:21, why would a just God choose silence in the face of evil, and doesn’t this clash with other scriptures depicting divine intervention?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_show_love_and_kindness.htm">When is it time to be silent or speak?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_bildad_blame_job's_kids'_deaths.htm">How can Bildad confidently claim (Job 8:2-4) that Job's children must have sinned to deserve death, when other passages suggest righteous people can suffer unjustly?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/day_26_insights_on_spiritual_growth.htm">What events define the Triumphal Entry in Volume 23?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) The forbearance of God (intended to give room for repentance, <a href="/romans/2-4.htm" title="Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?">Romans 2:4</a>) is misconstrued. Men come to think the Divine Being as indifferent to evil as themselves.<p><span class= "bld">That I was altogether.</span>--We might render, <span class= "ital">that I was actually.</span><p><span class= "bld">And set them in order.</span>--The insertion of "them," referring back to "these things," is rather confusing. Better supply <span class= "ital">thine offences. </span>All the sins of the wicked are marshalled before them.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself.</span> Because God did not interpose openly to punish the sins committed, the transgressor dared to imagine him to be indifferent to sin, "such an one as himself" - no holier, no purer, no more averse to evil. <span class="cmt_word">But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes</span>. But now the time is come when I shall no longer keep silence; I shall openly "reprove" thee, and marshal in set order before thee all the wicked deeds which thou hast done. God, as Calvin says, "will lay before them in exact order a full catalogue of their misdeeds, which they must read and own, whether they will or not." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/50-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You have done</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשִׂ֨יתָ ׀</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these things,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֤לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and I kept silent;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·he·ḥĕ·raš·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2790.htm">Strong's 2790: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut in, engrave, plow, devise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you thought</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּמִּ֗יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(dim·mî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1819.htm">Strong's 1819: </a> </span><span class="str2">To compare, to resemble, liken, consider</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I was</span><br /><span class="heb">הֱֽיוֹת־</span> <span class="translit">(hĕ·yō·wṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">just like you.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָמ֑וֹךָ</span> <span class="translit">(ḵā·mō·w·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3644.htm">Strong's 3644: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like, as, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But I Myself will rebuke you</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·ḵî·ḥă·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3198.htm">Strong's 3198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and accuse you</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·‘er·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6186.htm">Strong's 6186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To set in a, row, arrange, put in order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to your face.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/50-21.htm">Psalm 50:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/50-21.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 50:21 You have done these things and (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/50-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 50:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 50:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/50-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 50:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 50:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>